Legacy of the Global Financial Crisis

Youssef Cassis is Professor of Economic History at the European University Institute, in Florence, Italy. His work mainly focuses on banking and financial history, as well as business history more generally. His most recent books include Crises and Opportunities. The Shaping of Modern Finance (2011), and, with Philip Cottrell, Private Banking in Europe: Rise, Retreat and Resurgence (2015).Jean-Jacques van Helten is currently a Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and formerly the Managing Director & Chief Risk Officer, EMEA for the Bank of Montreal (BMO) Financial Group. He is a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of an Irish bank and a FinTech company, has a PhD in Economic History from London University and is a frequent speaker on risk management at international conferences.

• List of Figures List of TablesContributors Acknowledgements Introduction: The Legacy of the Global Financial Crisis (Youssef Cassis and Jean-Jacques van Helten)Part 1: Perspectives on the Global Financial Crisis1.Moral Hazard and Equity Finance: Why Policy has been Sub-optimal since the Global Financial Crisis (C.A.E. Goodhart)2. The Global Financial Crisis Ten Years On: Using and Forgetting the Past? (Catherine R. Schenk)3. On Volatility, Economic Slow-Motion and Populism: The Global Financial Crisis and Beyond (Gerald Braunberger)4. Lessons from the Great Financial Crisis in Perspective (Ramon Marimon)5. The Wasted Legacy of a Crisis (Pervenche Berès)Part 2: National Experiences6.The Financial Crisis, National Policy Responses and the Rise of Conservative Nationalism (Dorothee Bohle)7.Financial Crisis Management: Unanswered Key Questions (Patrick Honohan)8. SEB and the Financial Crisis in the Baltics (Magnus Agustsson and Karlis Danevics)9.The Legacy of the Global Financial Crisis: The View from Greece (George Papaconstantinou)Part 3: The Architecture of Control10.The Danger of Raising and then Dashing Expectations: The Lesson from Lehman? (Thomas Huertas)11. Governing EU Banks after the Global Financial Crisis: From Regulation to Governance (Agnieszka Smolenska)12. From Sets of Rules to Codes of Conduct (Jacques Beyssade)13. Risk Management and Corporate Governance (Laurence Bogni-Bartholmé)Index

Youssef Cassis and Jean-Jacques van Helten have assembled a ‘dream team’ of authors, including academics, bankers, central bankers, journalists, politicians, and regulators, for this accessible, engaging, and informed edited volume on the legacy of the Global Financial Crisis. This book is a major contribution to our collective memory of the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression.